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Plaid Cymru’s Anthony Cook has won the Hengoed ward by-election for Caerphilly County Borough Council with 509 votes, defeating Reform UK by a majority of 138.
Victoria’s new premier Ben Carroll wants the state to secure more jobs and investment from AUKUS, as Australia, Britain and the United States expand their shared submarine and defence-technology programme.
Kemi Badenoch has written an open letter to Clacton voters criticising Nigel Farage's by-election, as the Conservatives sit out the contest.
Avanti West Coast is cutting services through August, facing fresh punctuality concerns, and approaching the end of its rail contract in 2026.
Reform UK's Katie Groom has won the Harton ward by-election in South Tyneside with 628 votes, defeating Labour's Neil Maxwell by 274 votes.
Liberal Democrat Clare McManus has won the Coppice Valley by-election for Harrogate Town Council with 579 votes, finishing 432 ahead of Reform UK.
Reform UK Wales candidate Stephen Eldred has won the Meliden ward by-election for Prestatyn Town Council, defeating Welsh Conservative Carys Kilkelly by just 10 votes.
Labour candidate Ange Cooper has won the Kidsgrove Central and Ravenscliffe by-election for Kidsgrove Town Council, defeating Reform UK's Olivia Westcott by 26 votes.
The UK's Nuclear Institute and the Australian Nuclear Association have agreed reciprocal membership, giving nuclear professionals free cross-border access.
Senior Labour MP Emily Thornberry has backed an Islington Labour statement expressing concern about the effect of the new statutory EHRC code governing services, public functions and single-sex provision.
Twelve famous faces have gone on the run across mainland Britain in Channel 4’s Celebrity Hunted, supporting the Stand Up To Cancer fundraising campaign.
The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry initially examining eight unnamed charities following allegations that charitable funds were sent to organisations operating in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.